UK wholesale gas prices have risen again and are now at their highest level since mid-February. Prices rose to nearly 135 pence a therm (a unit of heat used to measure gas) on Friday afternoon. It comes after gas costs hit a six-month high of nearly 123p a therm on Tuesday afternoon – a level
Coleen Rooney says she “sticks by” the Instagram post about Rebekah Vardy in a trailer for a new documentary about the Wagatha Christie scandal. The author and TV personality, 37, shocked the country when she turned amateur sleuth and accused her former friend and fellow WAG of leaking information from Instagram to The Sun newspaper
A lottery customer who bought a Powerball ticket in a little town in California has become the second biggest winner ever. The mystery winner with the ticket for a whopping $1.7bn (£1.44bn) prize has yet to come forward since the lucky numbers were announced on Wednesday. It’s the talk of the mountain town of Frazier
Nigel Farage, the former UKIP leader, is to start banking with Britain’s biggest high street lender, months after a row over the closure of his previous accounts resulted in the ousting of one of the industry’s top executives. Sky News can reveal that Mr Farage has opened a number of accounts at Lloyds Banking Group,
Britain faces a miserable start to the weekend with a yellow warning issued for rain until Friday evening – before temperatures are expected to nosedive, the Met Office has said. Heavy downpours, together with strong winds, are set to batter most of England and all of Wales until 8pm tonight, while blustery showers are also
The chancellor has warned the British public he is preparing “for the worst” as he draws up his autumn statement. Jeremy Hunt told Sky News the Office for Budget Responsibility’s (OBR) official economic forecasts would be considerably worse than at the budget – a signal there may be spending cuts or possibly even tax rises
Britons are “highly likely” to be among those held by Hamas in Gaza, Defence Secretary Grant Shapps has told Sky News. The cabinet minister revealed the UK had also sent additional intelligence personnel to the region as part of efforts to release those captured or assist citizens trapped in the besieged enclave. His comments came
Republican congressman Steve Scalise has abandoned his bid to be the next US Speaker of the House – just over 24 hours after his party nominated him. His decision to withdraw from the race throws Washington’s House of Representatives into further turmoil – and means the position of Speaker has now been vacant for 10
Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterOct 12, 2023, 08:21 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LAS VEGAS — The UFC has threatened legal action against the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency following a statement USADA made Wednesday announcing an end to the partnership between the two organizations. UFC chief business officer Hunter Campbell said at a news conference Thursday
A man who managed to swindle Tesla into give him one car for free after the other has received a 4-yea sentence for the fraud. This wild story first hit our radar back in 2019 when we reported on the remains of a burnt Tesla Model X being spotted on a frozen Lake Champlain in Vermont –
Caroline Ellison, former chief executive officer of Alameda Research LLC, leaves Manhattan Federal Court after testifying during the trial of FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, on October 10, 2023 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images In an all-hands meeting on the evening of Nov. 9, 2022, Alameda Research employees gathered in a
Founding member of The Isley Brothers, Rudolph Isley, has died at the age of 84, his family has announced. The group is best known for hits such as Twist And Shout and Summer Breeze, and has a career spanning more than six decades. In a statement, Ronald Isley said: “There are no words to express
I walked up the hill to the main stage area of the Nova Festival site knowing we were entering a murderous scene the world has heard so much about but has yet to fully understand. As I passed bullet-ridden cars where people trying to escape were gunned down; burnt-out cars where some young people had
In this article TSLA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A Tesla Model Y on a Tesla car lot in Austin, Texas, May 31, 2023. Brandon Bell | Getty Images In the fourth quarter of 2021, a Tesla employee and a tech industry researcher jointly filed a whistleblower complaint to the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Associated Press Oct 12, 2023, 06:35 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LONDON — The Grand National is implementing a series of significant changes, taking effect next year, in an effort to make the world’s most famous steeplechase safer for horses and jockeys. They include reducing the field from 40 horses — the size since 1984
The UK will send RAF aircraft and Royal Navy ships to carry out surveillance over Israel in a show of support following the Hamas incursion over the weekend. RAF aircraft will begin patrols in the next 24 hours while two ships will be sent to the eastern Mediterranean. A Royal Navy task group will be
Cher has denied allegations that she hired four men to kidnap her 47-year-old son from a New York City hotel room. The singer, 77, told People Magazine “that rumour is not true” and declined to comment further when asked about the incident. The publication reported last month that her son Elijah Blue Allman’s estranged wife
Tesla has officially released its API documentation to support third-party apps – after years of operating in a gray zone with an unofficial API. For now, it is geared toward fleet management, but developers are hoping it is a first step toward creating a healthy app ecosystem. The automaker has talked on and off about
In this article @SM.1 @S.1 @BO.1 GT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Soybeans have become a cornerstone of American agriculture, contributing $124 billion to the U.S. economy in 2022, according to a study conducted by the National Oilseed Processors Association and the United Soybean Board. “Soybeans’ contribution to the U.S. economy is only increasing
Two Jewish schools in north London are closing their doors “in the interests of the safety of our precious children”. Torah Vodaas Primary School in Edgware and Ateres Beis Yaakov Primary School in Colindale both informed parents on Thursday evening they would not reopen until Monday. In a letter to parents, Rabbi Feldman, of Torah
The logo of generative AI chatbot ChatGPT, which is owned by Microsoft-backed company OpenAI. CFOTO | Future Publishing via Getty Images Artificial intelligence might be driving concerns over people’s job security — but a new wave of jobs are being created that focus solely on reviewing the inputs and outputs of next-generation AI models. Since
It is a list that includes the former HBOS banker Peter Cummings, the former Co-op Bank finance director Barry Tootell and the former Credit Suisse First Boston trader James Archer, son of the author and Conservative peer Lord Archer – and now it includes Jes Staley, the former Barclays chief executive. Banning someone from working
Oct 12, 2023, 07:52 AM ET Open Extended Reactions On Saturday, Janibek Alimkhanuly has a chance to take over a division that used to be one of the best in boxing. With top middleweights like Canelo Alvarez, Gennadiy Golovkin, and Erislandy Lara fighting in heavier divisions or inactive, can Alimkhanuly, already the WBO champion, become
NASA on Wednesday gave the public a first glimpse of what scientists found inside a sealed capsule that was returned to Earth last month carrying a carbon-rich soil sample scooped from an asteroid‘s surface, including water-bearing clay minerals. A small quantity of the material collected by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft three years ago from the near-Earth
The government has organised flights to get British nationals out of Israel, the Foreign Office has said. The first flight is set to leave Tel Aviv later on Thursday, it added. Airlines and governments are scrambling to evacuate thousands from Israel ahead of a possible ground assault on Gaza. Evacuation efforts come as the combined
Taylor Swift was joined by Beyonce at the premiere of her Eras Tour concert film in Los Angeles last night as its release was pushed forward by a day in the US and Canada due to “unprecedented demand”. Swift, 33, has broken cinema records with advance ticket sales for the film, which was recorded during
The former CEO of Barclays has been fined £1.8m after misleading regulators and the bank’s board about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. Jes Staley has also been banned from holding senior management positions in the financial services industry. According to the Financial Conduct Authority, he “recklessly approved” a letter sent by Barclays to the FCA
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s recent delay to key climate targets will actually cost households more, rather than saving them money as he claimed, his own climate advisers have concluded. In September, Mr Sunak pushed back the end of new petrol and diesel car sales from 2030 to 2035, and scrapped a plan to make landlords
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Hamas is the “enemy of civilisation” and will be “crushed”. Speaking alongside US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Mr Netanyahu thanked Washington for its support since Hamas’s attack – adding the militant group should be treated “exactly as ISIS was treated”. Mr Netanyahu said “no country should harbour”
A Tesla Cybertruck stainless steel supplier has been revealed: Outokumpu is going to provide steel for the novel electric pickup truck. One of the Cybertruck’s biggest differentiating features is the fact that Tesla plans to build it with a body and “exoskeleton” made of “ultra-hard” stainless steel: Cybertruck is built with an exterior shell made
Pedestrians walk towards the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus train station at dusk in Mumbai, India, on Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images The International Monetary Fund has raised its growth forecast for India, saying the country’s growth will remain strong in 2023 and 2024 — but analysts warn there will be headwinds
Oct 11, 2023, 05:26 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TGL added three more players this week in advance of its January debut as Sahith Theegala, Cam Young and Keegan Bradley all are on board, TMRW Sports announced Wednesday. Those additions come a week after Shane Lowry, Tommy Fleetwood and Tyrrell Hatton were named to the
In this article MSFT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella arrives at federal court in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 2, 2023. Drew Angerer | Getty Images Microsoft received Notices of Proposed Adjustment from the Internal Revenue Service for an additional tax payment of $28.9 billion, the company said in an 8-K